Machine eor printing addresses on newspapers



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

NOAH BOWLUS, MIDDLETOWN, MARYLAND.

MACHINE FOR PRINTING ADDRESSES ON NEWSPAPERS.

Specification of Letters Patent No. 28,059, dated May 1, 1860.

) To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, NOAH BowLUs, of Middletown, in the county ofFrederick and State of Maryland, have invented a new and usefulImprovement in Machines for Addressing `Newspapers; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description ofthe same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming apar-t *of lthis specification, in which- Figure l, represent-s an endView. Fig. 2, a plan of the machine, and Fig. 3, a vertical longitudinalsection through the same.

Similar letters of reference in each of the several figures indicatecorresponding parts.

The nature of my invention consists, first, in the construction of anendless chain with type boxes; said boxes having one or more springsides; second, in the construction of a e type box with one or morespring sides;

Y rollers being third, in arranging stationary catches in combinationwith the spring sides of the endless chain of type boxes; fourth, in thecombination of a paper feeding and printing roller with the endlesschain of type boxes; fifth, inthe combination of a type feed box, typewheel and shield; sixth, in inking the types by means of a series of inkrollers revolving around a common central shaft, the held in springbearings, or otherwise suitably;.seventh, in causing type inking rollersrevolving around a common central shaft to travel in a straight linewhile in contact with the type; eighth, in combining a series of inkrollers arranged in spring bearings with an ink roller arranged at sucha distance from the common central shaft of said ink roller, that thepoint of contact between the rollers shall not be on a line whichconnects the axis of said shaft with the axis of the ink rollers; ninth,in the combination of a wash tub and brush with an endless chain of typeboxes, which have one or more spring sides; tenth, in the distributingink-roller set in a vibrating frame, 1n combination with the main supplyroller, receiving ink roller and type inking rollers.

To enable others skilled in the art, to make and use my invention, Iwill proceed to describe its construct-ion and operation.

The main component parts of this machine are the type feeding anddistributing device, the inking device, the paper feeding and printingdevice and the type cleaning device.

The type feeding and distributing device consistsof a box A, attached tothe frame of the machine and open at top and bottom, a revolving feedingwheel B, arranged underneath the feed-box A, and provided with a numberof recesses a, in its surface, the length and width of which recessescoincides with the horizontal dimensions of the inside of the feed box;a series of type boxes c, one or more sides e, of each of these boxeshinged at the bottom and held in place by a spring or springs f, and thewhole series of type boxes attached to endless bands or chains c',)assing around two or more rollers D, E; and stationary catches al, f,projecting from the main frame of the machine. The width and breadth ofthe type boxes correspond to the width and breadth of the feed wheelrecesses a, and the type boxes are arranged so as to travel underneaththe said recesses, the shafts of the feed wheel and the roller D, beingproperly geared together so as to cause each of the recesses a, to passby the shield I), fastened to the machine frame, exactly at the timewhen one of the boxes c, arrives underneath the feed wheel. The catch(l, is placed a little in rear of the feed wheel so as to catch and holdopen the spring back e, of each box while passing underneath the feedwheel B, and relieve said side or back e, of the box and allow thespring f, to press it forward and close the box `as soon as the box haspassed from underneath the feed wheel B. Another spring catch f, isattached to the main frame of the machine underneath the roller D, andserves toopen the spring back of the box for a moment, before the boxcommences to ascend around the circumference of the roller D.

The inking device consists ofthe following parts: A distributing rollerGr, which has its bearing at the outer ends of two arms Z, projectingfrom a rock shaft m. This roller Gr, is designed to take the ink fromthe ink-roller F, and transfer it to roller H, which latter revolvescontinually. The rocking motion of shaft m, is produced by a camtooth r,upon the revolving shaft K, acting upon the bent up end of rod Q, theother end of which is pivoted to the outer end of a crank s, which isarranged on the outer end of rock shaft m. Thus it will be seen theroller G, is alternately made to swing toward the ink roller F, andafter it has remained in contact with roller F, sufficiently long fortaking ink from it, to fall back by its own weight and remainlin;contact ywith the second ink roller H. It will be understood that itdepends upon the length of the bent up portion of rod g, how long theroller G, may be maintained in its raised position in contact withroller F. As the roller G, is made to approach roller F, an arm n, uponthe rock shaft m, strikes an arm p, which is hung to the shaft of rollerF, and as the arm n, pushes the end of arm p, upward, a pawl p, pivotedto arm p, takes into ratchet teeth cut into the end of roller F, andcauses the latter to describe a portion of a revolution. As soon as theroller Gr. and the arm m. return to their original position, the arm p.falls back by its own weight and the pawl p. is ready to take in thenext ratchet tooth on the arm p, being acted upon the next time. Thusthe ink roller F, which takes the ink from an ink box, (not shown in thedrawings) is made to present a portion of its surface covered with freshink to the distributing roller G. each time the lat-N ter is broughtinto contact with said roller'` F. A number of type inking rollers I(the drawings represent four of them) are hung in bearings I, which arearranged in the clotted ends of arms J. spring g. in said slots, servingto press the bearings outward from the common center of the rollers I.The arms J. extend from shaft K, around which revolves the whole systemof rollers I. The shaft K. is at such a distance from roller H. that thecollars I. are successively brought into contact with ink roller H. asshaft K. revolves, and receives ink from said roller H. As the rollersI. are arranged in spring bearings they are free to yield toward theircommon center K, the bearing sliding in the slots in the ends of arms J.Thus the relative arrangement of the ink roller H. and rollers I. may besuch that the latter may strike the circumference of roller H, notmerely in a point in the line w, (connecting the centers of H. and K.)but somewhat in rear of said point, for instance at 1, and remain incontact with the roller H. until they leave it at e. By this means, itwill be seen the rollers I. will be more thoroughly inked than if theywere arranged in fixed bearings which would of course allow them merelyto touch the roller H. in the line As the rollers I. rotate around theircommon center K. their spring bearings I. are successively brought tostrike the upper surfaces of horizontal projections n, extending fromthe main frame of the machine immediately above where the type boxespass over the roller E. As long as the spring bearings rest against theHat surfaces of these projections and yield slightly toward the centralshaft K, the roller held in said bearings travels in a straight lineinstead of in a circle as it would if these horizontal projections weredispensed with. Y Thus the rollers I. are made to travel in a lineparallel tothe surface of the types while they pass in contact with saidtypes and ink them.

The paper feeding and printing device coiisists'o'f'en'dless bands7L',"passing around a guide roller L, and printing roller M.

The ltype 'cleaning device consists of a revolving brush N, which iskept wet by passing through liquid contained in a tub O, arranged upon aplatform P, underneath the endless chain of type boxes.

The types which consist of solid blocks with the full address for eachnewspaper cast, cut or otherwise formed on their upper surface, areplaced one above the other in the feed-box A, wherefrom they drop one byone, into the recesses a, in the feed wheel B, as the said recesses passunderneath the mouth of the feed-box. The type, after it dropped intothe recess a, is carried round by the revolution of the type-wheel (theshield Z), preventing the type from falling out). By the time the typepasses the end of the shleld, the catch d, has opened the spring side ofbox c, and after the type has dropped from the recess into the box thecatch releases the spring side which in consequence thereof springs backand bears against the side of the type holding it fast in the box untilthe box arrives at the catch f, which opens the spring side once moreand allows the type to drop from the box onto platform P. On the wayfrom catch cl, to catch j", the type comes first into contact with theink rollers I, and is properly inked, then it passes between the rollerE, and printing roller M, in contact with the sheet of paper which hasbeen fed over the bands It', by this means the impression is made; andfinally (just before the action of the catch j", causes it to drop) thetype is brought into contact with the brush N, which cleans 'it. Thusthe type when dropped. upon platform P, is clean and in proper conditionto be reintroduced to feed box A.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The construction of an endless chain with type boxes c, said boxeshaving one or more spring sides e, substantially as and for the purposesset forth.

2. The construction of a type box o, with one or more spring sides e,substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. Arranging stationary catches d, and f, in combination with the springsides e, of the endless chain of type boxes c, substantially as and forthe purposes set forth.

4. The combination of a paper feeding and printing roller M, with theendless chain of type boxes c, substantially as and for the purposes setforth. Y

5. The combination of a type feed box A,

type Wheel B, and shield b, substantially as and for the purposes setforth. f

6. Inking the types by means of a series of ink-rollers I, revolvingaround a Common central shaft K, the rollers being held in rigid orspring bearings I', substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

7. Causing type inking rollers I, revolving around a common Centralshaft K, to travel in a straight line While in Contact With the type,substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

8. Combining a series of ink rollers I, arranged in spring bearing I,With an ink roller H, arranged at a certain distance from the commoncentral shaft K, of said ink l0. The distributing'ink roller Gr, set ina I vibrating frame, in Combination With the main supply roller F,receiving ink roller H, and type inkng rollers I, substantially as andfor the purposes set forth.

NOAH BOVLUS.

Writnesses LINGAN BOTELER, EDW. BoWLUs.

